The Advocacy Coordinator-Maternity Gap Fill will work as part of the Action Against Hunger Lebanon Mission to develop strategic advocacy and contribute to the overall programs of Action Against Hunger in the country.
The Advocacy Coordinator-Maternity Gap Fill will operationalize the advocacy strategy for Lebanon & establish relevant collaborations for its implementation. He/She will conduct research and lobbying on root causes of vulnerabilities faced by our beneficiaries/right holders and by the mission in the discharge of its humanitarian mandate and action.
The Advocacy Coordinator-Maternity Gap Fill will liaise with external stakeholders and headquarters to ensure collaboration in the development and implementation of advocacy work for the Lebanon mission. Also, to oversee the mission Comms strategy and roll out.
Objective 1: To operationalize the advocacy strategy for Lebanon, establish relevant collaborations for its implementation.
- Guide advocacy strategy’s implementation development and priority setting for aforementioned working groups/ consortiums, ensuring views of Action Against Hunger are represented and included.
- Ensure the coherent contribution of the mission Advocacy Strategy to the global advocacy initiatives of the Action Network Against Hunger.
- Ensure monitoring and reporting of advocacy activities to LB Mission and HQ Advocacy Department.
- Responsible for advocacy campaigns when appropriate, in multiple programs as well as co-coordinating advocacy and communication work for Action Against Hunger for Lebanon.
- Guide strategic direction of advocacy initiatives for Action Against Hunger including actively contributing to the definition and inclusion of advocacy initiatives in new projects during the proposal development phase.
- Provide strong support to the field teams with regards to the implementation of the new ways of working of the organizations by consolidating the linkage between advocacy and operations department (MP1).
- Support capacity-building activities in advocacy for staff and partners.
Objective 2: Conduct advocacy initiatives such as research and lobbying on root causes of vulnerabilities faced by our beneficiaries/right holders and by the mission to discharge its humanitarian mandate and action
- Work closely with Action Against Hunger Bases, sectoral Technical Coordinators, and MEAL Coordinator to conduct field visits in areas of operation verify generate evidence on practices, humanitarian needs, responses implemented, and remaining gaps to feed evidence-based advocacy.
- Establish exchange of information between MEAL unit, advocacy team, technical/program units and Information management considering different levels: activities/project; project/mission.
- Monitor closely relevant humanitarian and policy issues, including media reports, surveys, statistical reports, databases and relevant literature, as needed for the production of reports and background/position papers.
- Analyse political and normative frameworks affecting humanitarian situation in Lebanon.
- Actively contribute to the analysis on the development of mission Comms and Advocacy products to utilise for external purposes.
- Undertake strategic lobbying on policies and practices based on Action Against Hunger generated findings and experiences by engaging with relevant stakeholders. Identify the key linkages among Action Against Hunger programming, root causes of vulnerabilities and potential consequences.
- Support the Bases in implementing, at the local level, advocacy initiatives and operationalization of the advocacy strategy and action plan.
Objective 3: Tasks To liaise with external stakeholders and headquarters to ensure collaboration in the development and implementation of advocacy work for the Lebanon mission
- Update on regular basis the mapping of key stakeholders and conducting regular power analysis to identify direct and intermediate targets.
- Liaison, networking and building relationships with donors, UN and diplomatic community in Lebanon as requested and under overall supervision of the Country Director.
- Represent AAH Lebanon and actively participate in the Regional Durable Solutions platform.
- Work closely with Advocacy desk in headquarters, under overall supervision of the Country Director, to develop advocacy initiatives, messaging and materials in line with advocacy priorities in both headquarters and Lebanon mission.
- Production of advocacy materials for use by Action Against Hunger HQ and ensure that Lebanon Mission Advocacy priorities are fed back to headquarters in line with organizational mandate.
Objective 4: To contribute oversee the mission Comms strategy and roll out
- Guide communication strategy’s implementation (as part of the advocacy strategy) and priority setting.
- Support capacity building activities in basic communications and visibility skills for staff.
- Ensure HQ and mission’s red lines are respected.
- Manage the mission Advocacy officer, Comms officer, and external consultants (designer, photographer, video maker) on an ad hoc basis.
- Ensure Advocacy and Communication – based validation of all external products developed by the mission.
- Ensure quality and guidance on the production of key mission communication products.
- Manage and oversee the mission Communications and Visibility budget.
Objective 5: Security
- Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
- Support in security & access analysis when needed.
- Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan.